In the action on drug prices on Capitol Hill, House lawmakers on Wednesday examined several bills in subcommittee aimed at addressing generic competition. It's a shift in focus from efforts which, so far, have largely focused on issues such as the lack of price transparency, the role of payers such as Medicare in negotiating prices and hidden financial arrangements involving pharmacy benefit managers.

Legislation passed by the Senate health committee and a discussion draft version in the House would provide federal funding for states to create maternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions

In order to address some of these challenges facing ED care teams, Healthcare leaders in Texas partnered with Salt Lake City-based company Collective Medical to give care teams across the state access to the Collective network and care coordination platform.

The legislation- released as Republicans are in danger of losing their majority in the house is seen as a last ditch effort by GOP lawmakers to convince American voters of the rewards of the new tax code.

In a letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, expressed his “concerns” about the agency’s “deteriorating and rudderless leadership” and its ability to manage a $10 billion Cerner EHR contract

Under the bill, the Secretary of Health and Human Services will certify skilled nursing facilities that submit an application and meet such requirements as having on-site diagnostic equipment to furnish services using telemedicine, and ensure that residents are allowed to specify their care wishes in an advanced care directive.

The new subcommittee would concentrate on providing an oversight of the VA’s chief information technology projects, which includes the $10 billion electronic health modernization project contract that was last month awarded to Cerner. Lawmakers are closely monitoring the VA and DoD EHR modernization efforts, which have both come under fire lately

HHS Secretary, Alex Azar testified about HHS priorities in front of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Wednesday, he said that there wouldn't be enough time to turn new regulations around for a rule against silver loading.

Politics are unlikely to be excluded from the long-awaited VA reforms as they await the bill being signed into law by President Trump. There are still reimbursement concerns by care providers under the proposed bill